bere
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English bere, from Old English bere (“barley”), from Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz (“barley”). Compare Welsh bara (“bread”), Latin far (“spelt”), Serbo-Croatian бра̏шно/brȁšno (“flour”), Albanian bar (“grass”), Ancient Greek Φήρον (Phḗron, “plant deity”). See also: barley.
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bere (uncountable)
- (chiefly Scotland) Barley, especially four-rowed barley or six-rowed barley.
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Etymology 2 edit
See bear (“pillowcase”)
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bere (plural beres)
- (now dialectal) A pillowcase; a fabric case or covering as for a pillow; a pillowbere.
- 1976, Essex Record Office, Publications:
- Woven and embroidered coverlets in imitation of tapestry appear as 'a tapestry covering which lieth on my bed' [...] 'a pillow of feathers with a bere' (pillow-case); 'two pillows and the beres to [cover them]'
- 2014 April 1, Phil Rickman, The Heresy of Dr Dee, Atlantic Books, →ISBN:
- [...] he'd tossed me an extra pillow in a bere.
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- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
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bere
Bambara edit
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bere
- a stick
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- Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Basque edit
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bere
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bere
Chichewa edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Bantu *ìbéèdè.
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bére class 5 (plural maŵére class 6)
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bere
Italian edit
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- bevere (archaic or dialectal)
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From a contraction of earlier bevere, from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Cognate with Albanian pi, literary Armenian ըմպել (əmpel), Hindi पीना (pīnā), and Irish ibh.
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bére (first-person singular present bévo, first-person singular past historic bévvi or bevétti or (traditional) bevètti, past participle bevùto, first-person singular imperfect bevévo, first-person singular future berrò, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, intransitive) to drink [auxiliary avere]
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infinitive | bére | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | bevèndo | |||
present participle | bevènte | past participle | bevùto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | bévo | bévi | béve | beviàmo | bevéte | bévono |
imperfect | bevévo | bevévi | bevéva | bevevàmo | bevevàte | bevévano |
past historic | bévvi, bevétti, bevètti1 | bevésti | bévve, bevétte, bevètte1 | bevémmo | bevéste | bévvero, bevéttero, bevèttero1 |
future | berrò | berrài | berrà | berrémo | berréte | berrànno |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | berrèi | berrésti | berrèbbe, berrébbe | berrémmo | berréste | berrèbbero, berrébbero |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | béva | béva | béva | beviàmo | beviàte | bévano |
imperfect | bevéssi | bevéssi | bevésse | bevéssimo | bevéste | bevéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
bévi | béva | beviàmo | bevéte | bévano | ||
negative imperative | non bére | non béva | non beviàmo | non bevéte | non bévano |
1Traditional.
Including lesser-used forms:
infinitive | bére | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avére | gerund | bevèndo | |||
present participle | bevènte | past participle | bevùto | |||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | bévo | bévi, béi1 | béve | beviàmo | bevéte | bévono |
imperfect | bevévo | bevévi | bevéva | bevevàmo | bevevàte | bevévano |
past historic | bévvi, bevétti, bevètti2, bevéi3 | bevésti | bévve, bevétte, bevètte2, bevé3 | bevémmo | bevéste | bévvero, bevéttero, bevèttero2, bevérono3 |
future | berrò, beverò3 | berrài, beverài3 | berrà, beverà3 | berrémo, beverémo3 | berréte, beveréte3 | berrànno, beverànno3 |
conditional | io | tu | lui/lei, esso/essa | noi | voi | loro, essi/esse |
present | berrèi, beverèi3 | berrésti, beverésti3 | berrèbbe, berrébbe, beverèbbe3, beverébbe3 | berrémmo, beverémmo3 | berréste, beveréste3 | berrèbbero, berrébbero, beverèbbero3, beverébbero3 |
subjunctive | che io | che tu | che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa | che noi | che voi | che loro, che essi/che esse |
present | béva | béva | béva | beviàmo | beviàte | bévano |
imperfect | bevéssi | bevéssi | bevésse | bevéssimo | bevéste | bevéssero |
imperative | — | tu | Lei | noi | voi | Loro |
bévi, béi1 | béva | beviàmo | bevéte | bévano | ||
negative imperative | non bére | non béva | non beviàmo | non bevéte | non bévano |
1Archaic or popular Tuscan.
2Traditional.
3Rare.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- bere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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bēre
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *bero, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.
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bēre m
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This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *beri, from Proto-West Germanic *baʀi, from Proto-Germanic *bazją.
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bēre f
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- West Flemish: beier
Further reading edit
- “bere (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “bere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bere (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bere (V)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page V
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English bera, from Proto-West Germanic *berō, from Proto-Germanic *berô.
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bere (plural beres)
- bear (mammal)
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References edit
- “bēr(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Old Norse berja (“to strike”).
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bere
- (transitive) To pierce.
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2255-2256:
- [...] Than preye I thee, to-morwe with a spere
That Arcita me thurgh the herte bere.- [...] Then I pray thee, tomorrow with a spear
That Arcite stab me through the heart.
- [...] Then I pray thee, tomorrow with a spear
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 2255-2256:
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bere f (definite singular bera, indefinite plural berer, definite plural berene)
- a female bear, she-bear
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bere (present tense ber, past tense bar, past participle bore, passive infinitive berast, present participle berande, imperative ber)
- e-infinitive form of bera
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- “bere” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English edit
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Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-West Germanic *barī, from Proto-Germanic *baraz. Cognate with Old Norse barr.
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bere m
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bere
Romanian edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from German Bier. Influenced by the word below, meaning "action of drinking".
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bere f (plural beri)
- beer
- Vrem trei beri, te rog.
- We want three beers, please.
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bere f (uncountable)
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Saterland Frisian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Frisian bera, from Proto-West Germanic *beran. Cognates include West Frisian barre and English bear.
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bere
- (transitive) to bear; to give birth to
- 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:16:
- Jakob waas die Foar fon Josef, dän Mon fon Maria; Fon Maria wuud Jesus bädden, die die Christus (die Messias) namd wädt.
- Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Maria; From Maria Jesus was born, who is called Christus (the Messiah).
Conjugation edit
Grúundfoarme | bere | ||||||
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Infinitive | tou beren | ||||||
Present tense | Past tense | ||||||
iek | bere | wie | bere | iek | búur | wie | búren |
du | beerst | jie | bere | du | búurst | jie | búren |
hie/ju/dät | beert | jo | bere | hie/ju/dät | búur | jo | búren |
Present participle | Imperative | Auxiliary | Past participle | ||||
berend | Singular | bere | häbe | bädden | |||
Plural | beret |
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Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Old English bere.
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bere (uncountable)
- barley, especially six-rowed barley
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bere
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Turkish edit
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bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Turkic bertmek (“to wound, to injure”)
Noun edit
bere (definite accusative bereyi, plural bereler)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | bere | |
Definite accusative | bereyi | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | bere | bereler |
Definite accusative | bereyi | bereleri |
Dative | bereye | berelere |
Locative | berede | berelerde |
Ablative | bereden | berelerden |
Genitive | berenin | berelerin |
Further reading edit
- “bere”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “bere”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
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bere (plural dzibere)